Subject: Carriages & coaches / Genre: photographs / Names: Tournament of Roses - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Two white horses pulling a carriage with four young women holding parasols and one male driver at the intersection of S. Raymond Ave. and E. Colorado Blvd. The horses and carriage are decorated with garlands. Men in Spanish costume ride horses on both sides of the carriage. Several people, horses, and bicycles are in the background. American flags hang over the parade route.
Date:: January 01,1902
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: The women are identified as Miss Laing, Miss H. Laing, Miss Jessie McCamment, Mrs. Thomas French, Miss Grace Veder, Miss Pauline Miller, Miss Marjorie Ward, Mlle. Chevaleau, Miss Rosamond Porter, Miss Cobb and Mrs. Southard. ("Floral riches run riot: Gardens give of loveliest for grand display ...," Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 1908: 112)
Date:: January 01, 1908
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: The Rose Parade, also known as the Tournament of Roses Parade, is part of "America's New Year Celebration" held New Year's Day. It was used to showcase California’s mild winter weather, and encourage migration from the East and the Midwest. Early precursors to the parade had horse-drawn carriages covered in flowers, followed by foot races, polo matches, and a game of tug-of-war on the town lot. Upon seeing the scores of flowers on display, one professor decided to suggest the name "Tournament of Roses." The first official parade was in 1895.
Date:: January 01, 1902
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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